English Dictionary

chorus

/ˈkɔːɹəs/

noun

A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song. / A song performed by the singers of such a group.

The chorus of the song was catchy.

意味（1）

A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.

[W]ee would that the voice and dialect of the propheteſſe Pythia, reſembling the ſpeech of a Chorus in a tragedie from a ſcaffold, ſhould pronounce her anſwers not in ſimple, plaine, and triviall termes, without any grace to ſet them out, but with Poeticall magnificence of high and ſtately verſes, diſguiſed as it were with metaphors and figurative phraſes, yea, and that which more is, with ſound of flute and hautboies: […]

意味（2）

A song performed by the singers of such a group.

And the Apocalyps of Saint Iohn is the majeſtick image of a high and ſtately Tragedy, ſhutting up and intermingling her ſolemn Scenes and Acts with a ſevenfold Chorus of halleluja's and harping ſymphonies: […]

意味（3）

(by extension, chiefly Britain, theater, historical) An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.

Enter Chorus. / [Chor.] Cut is the branch that might haue growne ful straight, / And burned is Apolloes’s Laurell bough, / That sometime grew within this learned man: […]

意味（4）

A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.

The performance of the chorus was awe-inspiring and exhilarating.

意味（5）

(by extension) A group of people in a performance who recite together.

意味（6）

An instance of singing by a group of people.

But once out of sight of those fearful precincts, the psalm was forgotten, and again broke, loud, clear, and silvery, the joyous chorus.

意味（7）

A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.

a chorus of crickets a chorus of whiners

意味（8）

The noise or sound made by such a group.

a chorus of shouts and catcalls

意味（9）

A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.

So far, more than a dozen EU countries have either enacted a windfall tax or said they’re planning to. […] On Monday, US President Joe Biden joined the chorus, accusing oil companies of “war profiteering” and threatening them with big new levies if they fail to bring down consumer prices.

意味（10）

The opinion expressed by such a group.

On Friday, 75 scholars and clinicians signed an open letter, joining a chorus of disagreement with Berenson by arguing that “establishing marijuana as a causal link to violence at the individual level is both theoretically and empirically problematic”.

意味（11）

A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).

意味（12）

A part of a song which is repeated between verses; a refrain.

The catchiest part of most songs is the chorus.

意味（13）

The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.

意味（14）

A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.

意味（15）

(often attributively) A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.

意味（16）

(Christianity) A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.

意味（17）

(jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.

Of additional interest is the riff in the second chorus, which was later copied by Joe Garland and recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra as In the Mood, becoming the biggest hit of the Swing Era.